Well done! You got through the first week of lockdown. I hope you are doing OK, and keeping happy, healthy and positive. I had a good week last week and I am adjusting well to lockdown life. I wanted to share with you some things I've found have helped keep me positive and busy (hopefully without sounding too much like a wannabe "influencer"!). 

• Cooking- this is a great opportunity to try out new recipes. I love cooking (and eating!) and mealtimes for me are a good chance to sit down and stop, and catch up with my husband. I've included some recipes at the bottom of this  post of recipes I enjoyed last week. 
• Online courses- I've managed to find some really good online seminars and reflexology podcasts to keep me learning. Last week I was focusing on the links between Traditional Chinese Medicine and reflexology, which is such a broad subject with so much to learn about. 
• Exercise- I've been loving all the Instagram live workouts. Last week Heartcore did a great pilates workout on Wednesday at 10.30am, Digme did a good barre class at 10.30am on Friday, and they both have lots of good yoga classes too. 
• Routine- getting out of bed when the alarm goes off, not sitting at the computer all day and getting up to have a walk around (even if it's just some sprints up and down the stairs), having set meal times and sticking to a good evening wind down routine. If like me you are at a bit of a loose end, then I find making a to do list each evening for the next day is really useful. Sometimes when you have no sense of urgency on jobs they can just be added to a long list which you never really get through, so giving yourself a tick off list can make it really satisfying when you've completed all the jobs you've set yourself. Be realistic though!
• Games- We've been playing Dobble each evening before dinner and it's getting very competitive.
• Jasmine Hemsley's sound bath- this is an amazing meditation session with singing bowls that Jasmine Hemsley does live on Instagram on Saturdays. She's recorded them and put them on her Instagram page so if you miss it, you can still watch it. It's a great thing to drift off to sleep to and I listen to it after my bath on Sundays. 
• Staying in touch with friends and family- I'm pretty sure I've been more sociable during lockdown than ever! We are so lucky to live in an age where we can talk to and see our friends and family on Facetime/Skype/Zoom or Houseparty. We've been having regular group calls with family and even did a "pub" quiz on Saturday with a group of friends. It's important to check in on your friends and family during this time where you can feel quite lonely. 

My monthly challenge for April is going to be quite easy under these circumstances...it's "no new clothes", so hopefully I don't get the urge to have a huge online shopping trip! I was finding March's challenge of "no single use plastic" OK up until a couple of weeks ago. When the supermarket shelves started to be stripped bare of all their fresh produce, I had to start trying alternative shops where sometimes the plastic packaging is unavoidable, and when the last available broccoli was wrapped in cling film, I had to just suck it up and give in. I did notice last week M&S are getting better at reducing their plastic packaging, which is good because I think they are one of the worst for it. The challenge made me a lot more aware of how much packaging is used unnecessarily, and it even changed my habits a bit. 

Let me know if you are struggling with anything and I can send you self help videos of reflexology points you can work on your hands or feet. Look forward to seeing you when I'm back treating again. 

Take care and stay well,

Georgie x

​Happy New Year and I hope your Christmas was nice and restful! I've been back from Mexico for a week now and I'm feeling refreshed and ready for 2020. I've been very busy with clients, I've been healthy eating and exercising to keep the post holiday blues at bay and I'm all caught up on sleep lost from jet lag. I hope your Monday isn't too blue...

Mexico was amazing. The sea was unlike anything I've ever seen, with so many different shades of blue, and of course it was lovely to be in the sun to help break up the English Winter. I had reflexology twice while I was away and learnt that the Mexican way of reflexology is VERY different! They focus on digging deep into certain pressure points that are so painful it made me tense up and sweat. I wouldn't say it was the most relaxing experience at all, but I can now say I've experienced reflexology in Mexico! 

I'm back on my monthly resolutions this year, and January's is to stop saying "like". I'm finding this really difficult and although I think I've started saying it less, I don't think I'll be able to give it up completely! Next month is "Dry February" and I'm looking forward to a productive month. 

Get in touch to book yourself in for a treatment and give yourself something to look forward to. 

As the year draws to an end, I've been thinking about my 2020 resolutions, the ones I've done in 2019 and why I actually do this! 

I've done monthly resolutions for the last 2 years, and it's not something I'm giving up just yet...even though it becomes harder each year to think up 12 new or unique challenges for the year. I love having a new and different focus each month, and a month seems more of a doable task than a whole year! Sometimes I struggle to complete a whole month, but we are only human after all.

This year I've struggled with some more than others. Here's a round up of what my challenges have been:
January- Whole30
I did this one last year, and I always find it's such a great way to reset the body after an overindulgent Christmas. A lot of people judge Whole30 before they've tried it, thinking there won't be enough choice of what to eat, and that the foods you're allowed to eat are boring. You do need to be a bit more experimental, and plan ahead a bit more than normal, but I would really recommend doing this to anyone! There are loads of Whole30 recipes online and the cookbooks are great too. 
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February- 2 Veg days a week
Another great one that I found very easy to do. I loved getting experimental with my veggie recipes and trying lots of new things. 

March- New recipe each week
One to get even more experimental in the kitchen! I love cooking and trying new recipes, and having this challenge gave me a focus to get out of the routine of always cooking my favourite things. 

April- No shopping
I failed! I was good at this one last year, but this year I had 2 weddings in April and one of them was in Girona...so I had to do some shopping! Next year I'll try again...

May- New workout app
A good one to do before my wedding!

June- Calm app
I had my wedding in June so to keep me cool, calm and collected I did a daily meditation session on the Calm app, which I found was great. 

July-  Read an interesting book
The book I chose was "A Little History of the World". I am admittedly still trying to get through this book...

August- explore London
This one didn't go so well...I was hardly in London during August so I found it hard to fit exploring London into the time that I was here. I managed to go to Kew Gardens to see the Chihuly exhibition, which was great, but that was about it. 
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September- Learn anatomy
I really enjoyed going back to my physiology and anatomy book to study in between clients and found I picked up on bits of information than I had the first time I studied.

October- less time on social media
This one is always a great one. Delete Instagram, Facebook and any other accounts you have off your phone to avoid any temptation! 

November- phone off 8pm-8am
Another one that's very tough, and I did find myself going past the 8pm switch off most evenings, but this is mainly because most evenings I finish clients at 8pm and then use that time to catch up on emails etc. So maybe next time I'll set a more realistic time of 9.30pm. 

December- Get that body moving! 
I find that I have to force myself some evenings to do my stretching sessions, but it was always worth it. 

New Resolutions for 2020 coming soon...

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